Alabama Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Alabama reported 189 priced lines covering 5,149 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,352 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,280 head. replacement cattle receipts at 652 head. Counted as USDA files them — 188 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Sep 14, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,352Last week 4,142Year ago 10,052

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,280Last week 559Year ago 1,266

Replacement CattleReceipts 652Last week 435Year ago 786

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. All feeder classes sold unevenly steady to 2.00 lower. Trade moderate with moderate demand on feeders. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Year to date receipts totaled 397,096 compared to 413,066 a year ago.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	180.00	180.00
11	—	324	147.50–175.00	166.61
19	—	773	106.00–124.00	118.81
25	—	724	112.00–123.00	118.74
51	—	477	130.00–155.00	141.76
52	—	527	126.00–145.00	135.69
56	—	677	117.00–131.50	123.83
64	—	574	121.00–140.00	130.47
5	—	871	90.00–110.00	102.76
10	—	841	105.00–124.00	119.39
15	—	381	145.00–167.50	156.81
35	—	426	135.00–159.00	150.82
77	—	626	119.00–142.50	130.10
1	—	910	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	278	152.50–155.00	153.26
12	—	566	84.00–132.00	109.64
34	—	378	127.00–140.00	135.16
1	—	725	113.00	113.00
12	—	617	112.50–122.00	117.61
22	—	661	100.00–117.00	111.38
23	—	518	110.00–135.00	118.80
9	—	424	130.00–139.00	133.75
12	—	334	142.50–152.00	146.46
1	—	980	94.00	94.00
24	—	475	115.00–137.00	128.45
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	477	115.00–143.00	134.85
34	—	381	140.00–155.00	148.11
18	—	324	142.50–164.00	155.99
34	—	429	120.00–150.00	141.46
11	—	776	88.00–118.00	109.49
43	—	526	119.00–141.00	130.37
51	—	621	106.00–136.00	124.26
49	—	572	109.00–138.00	126.55
9	—	729	110.00–122.00	116.16
1	—	945	101.00	101.00
7	—	271	158.00–168.00	160.81
17	—	671	110.00–129.00	117.69
8	—	821	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	732	135.00–136.50	136.33
6	—	917	107.50–109.00	108.50
4	—	765	123.00	123.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	105.00	105.00
65	—	421	130.00–157.00	143.13
50	—	471	122.00–152.00	135.13
4	—	224	177.00–180.00	178.39
17	—	722	101.00–115.00	108.30
26	—	673	100.00–123.00	113.37
27	—	371	135.00–172.50	149.91
36	—	521	111.00–147.00	127.48
48	—	622	101.00–130.00	116.07
49	—	570	104.00–137.00	119.66
26	—	312	143.00–180.00	156.92
3	—	877	92.00–103.00	98.29
3	—	790	100.00–111.00	105.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	470	111.00–142.00	131.02
129	—	523	100.00–136.00	123.98
8	—	219	160.00–177.50	165.08
20	—	278	147.50–175.00	158.37
48	—	374	129.00–157.50	142.85
29	—	336	141.00–170.00	153.93
12	—	733	88.00–112.50	104.91
11	—	772	80.00–108.00	100.91
1	—	955	98.00	98.00
2	—	830	100.00	100.00
111	—	573	100.00–128.00	119.78
50	—	671	90.00–119.00	108.37
45	—	627	105.00–127.00	114.84
82	—	426	120.00–147.00	137.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	386	105.00–146.00	133.76
7	—	231	152.00–170.00	156.23
34	—	573	95.00–120.00	109.97
6	—	720	80.00–100.00	93.89
14	—	677	101.00–113.00	105.80
16	—	274	140.00–165.00	149.53
22	—	334	110.00–147.50	137.78
14	—	625	80.00–112.00	105.07
58	—	418	117.00–139.00	127.10
51	—	525	94.00–127.00	115.44
51	—	476	104.00–130.00	121.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	540	118.00–124.00	121.50
11	—	669	112.50	112.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	108.00	108.00
2	—	665	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	378	118.00–137.00	127.26
30	—	417	112.00–126.00	120.69
49	—	624	100.00–123.00	111.17
55	—	474	108.00–130.00	117.19
60	—	572	107.00–125.00	114.61
68	—	524	107.00–127.00	116.82
15	—	717	100.00–115.00	105.64
29	—	674	97.00–120.00	110.88
5	—	770	101.00–104.00	102.09
8	—	323	122.50–150.00	130.65
1	—	825	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	727	92.00–105.00	97.46
28	—	330	120.00–139.00	130.52
101	—	425	102.00–132.50	118.96
109	—	473	101.00–125.00	115.71
145	—	523	101.00–124.00	114.01
8	—	783	81.00–102.00	95.14
10	—	289	130.00–139.00	133.60
1	—	910	88.00	88.00
3	—	882	88.00–89.00	88.67
85	—	620	96.00–116.00	107.34
73	—	575	100.00–122.50	113.31
69	—	376	110.00–139.00	126.38
17	—	666	97.00–112.00	103.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	579	82.00–112.50	99.93
32	—	374	100.00–129.00	115.77
60	—	525	90.00–118.00	107.85
56	—	429	100.00–122.50	109.90
17	—	628	96.00–107.00	102.13
7	—	682	86.00–102.50	93.23
2	—	723	87.00–92.50	89.80
3	—	217	135.00–137.50	135.85
9	—	276	120.00–134.00	124.56
34	—	329	110.00–133.00	121.85
48	—	474	95.00–120.00	108.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	118.00	118.00
7	—	528	122.00–142.00	124.89
1	—	690	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	619	119.00	119.00
4	—	826	115.00	115.00
6	—	861	102.50	102.50
15	—	673	118.00–134.00	131.87
16	—	566	123.00–129.00	124.55
62	—	704	114.50–126.25	124.10
1	—	465	126.00	126.00
1	—	510	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	578	112.50	112.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,170	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,176	800.00–1,275.00	1,063.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	85	—	—	700.00–1,290.00	1,054.06
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	1,270.00	1,270.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	21	—	—	1,200.00–1,425.00	1,314.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	30	—	—	900.00–1,000.00	961.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,205	1,300.00	1,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	650.00	650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	925.00	925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	575.00–740.00	651.25
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,400.00–1,600.00	1,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	—	700.00–850.00	785.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	920	720.00	720.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	920	720.00	720.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	1,092	625.00–1,050.00	855.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,303	725.00–980.00	862.37
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	—	1,103	515.00–990.00	755.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,173	520.00–720.00	612.84
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	37	—	—	780.00–1,250.00	1,005.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	80	—	—	680.00–1,225.00	937.63
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,015	790.00–860.00	816.67
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	700.00–720.00	710.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	31	—	—	520.00–1,000.00	706.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,005	975.00	975.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,050	830.00–940.00	885.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	—	600.00–750.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	770	340.00	340.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,065	525.00	525.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	798	450.00–600.00	512.09
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	795	540.00	540.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	—	300.00–605.00	472.08
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	800.00–975.00	875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	—	500.00–850.00	672.73
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	—	525.00–650.00	600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	680.00–850.00	759.29
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	—	600.00–750.00	654.29
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	900.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	995	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	550.00–660.00	586.67
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,050.00	1,050.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	875.00	875.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	—	—	450.00–685.00	574.82
Stock Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · n/c wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	—	440.00–525.00	482.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	450.00–500.00	466.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,024	52.00–61.00	56.75
68	—	960	41.00–51.00	46.02
117	—	1,008	45.00–57.00	52.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
238	—	1,210	51.00–64.00	59.35
105	—	1,145	46.00–58.50	54.34
93	—	1,246	61.00–70.00	64.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,461	61.00–71.00	64.86
52	—	1,465	52.00–67.00	60.59
14	—	1,454	52.00–59.00	54.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,455	70.00–87.00	79.70
75	—	1,712	82.00–93.00	86.78
16	—	1,917	89.00–102.50	92.49

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Alabama barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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